Siphoninus phillyreae
1 Ash Whitefly at Florey, ACT
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| Siphoninus phillyreae | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| Aleyrodidae sp. (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| Aphididae (family) | CarbonAI | 19 Apr 2023 | |
| Aleyrodidae sp. (family) | ibaird | 19 Apr 2023 | |
| Arctiinae (subfamily) | KorinneM | 19 Apr 2023 |
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Belconnen area. Tiny. About 5-6 mm. Saw a few flying around and since have seen a few in webs. Have since found them on the bottom of the ash tree leaves that is directly above this area - photo now included.
4 comments
19 Apr 2023
I suggest this is not a moth and probably a Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum
19 Apr 2023
@ibaird - it was right next to several ash trees if that's helpful. A hard to distinguish from it species is apparently Ash Whitefly (Siphoninus phillyeae), and that loves ash, pear etc.
20 Apr 2023
Korinne Sorry can't tell adult Greenhouse whitefly from Ash whitefly and although ash trees are nearby it doesn't look like this is on an ash leaf are there any nymph (scale like) stages around?
20 Apr 2023
@MichaelMulvaney Thanks, I looked tonight on getting home and have uploaded a photo taken with the flash. Yep, they're on the bottom of the ash tree's leaves. That tree literally hangs over the area I was taking photos in, so I probably brushed against something making some of them fly. A website I was looking at suggested that what they're on can confirm whether it's one or the other - would that be true?
Location information
- Places Florey, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- KorinneM Recorded by
- An agapanthus leaf that it landed on briefly. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Insects Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families) KorinneM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Siphoninus phillyreae
Species information
- Siphoninus phillyreae Scientific name
- Ash Whitefly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- 589.18m Recorded at altitude
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